At 2:48, the item on the floor beside the saw are both used for gathering ice blocks from rivers, lakes,ponds, early form of refrigeration was ice taken during Winter, sawed into blocks, carried by the item on floor, and generally stored in ice houses packed in sawdust. To slow melting of blocks. Most homes had ice chests or boxes to keep perishables, just like modern fridge but, with more water involved. Yes, frighteningly enough I remember grandparents using one. When pronouncing Maine Conservation Corps, it's Corr. p is silent and Corp is singular.

Love the video footage of Swan Island! Lived there during 1960's w caretaker/farmer grandfather & grandmother

@SwangoMaine

7 жыл бұрын

Writing a book about living on island in 1960's with State caretaker/grandfather & grandmother! Historic novel to be published soon: Swan Island in the Kennebec.

@esterherschkovich6499

4 жыл бұрын

How interesting.

If you have a place you want me to explore! Email me the location and a description :) Business@dylanmagaster.com

@uweyaa

8 жыл бұрын

Who cut the gras,nobody live there?

@ycevil_1032

7 жыл бұрын

Go to Las Vegas

@candaceherrick5501

7 жыл бұрын

look for places in Louisiana in the bayou deep in the woods sounds sketchy yeah; but back in slave times there were "tribes" of runaway slaves that u might be able to find historical items..they exist really hard to find or even an old plantation

@jonesbunny

7 жыл бұрын

Steve Rogers stfu n get over it

I'm from Portland Maine! Ive never even heard of this place.. but man isn't Maine beautiful? all these little islands we have... all these islands were formed when the icecaps retracted and cut Maine up, so when you look at a geographical map of Maine it looks like claws cut the land back.. just a fun fact! :p - anyway great video guys! love the content

@katemcallian5098

6 жыл бұрын

CosmicDialect I'm from bath its not to far from us

@TieSyndicate

Жыл бұрын

@@katemcallian5098 I live here lol... its a quite gossip town.. I do like Swan island nice little spot .

I love Swan Island. Grew up in Bowdoinham Maine and we took field trips with our class here. I remember how huge the Bald Eagle nests were. A beautiful place!

There is flicker site of this girl whos photographed all the abandoned Homesteads in Eastern Montana, It's amazing as people left everything, Always amazes me that these places are abandonded

I love those old wooden houses they bring back such good memories of when I was younger .Thanks for the cool video FLORB .

@TieSyndicate

Жыл бұрын

Plenty of them here in richmond lol

The Great Depression was in the 1930's. World War II was in the 1940's. Cool island!!

great location for a low budget horror film

At 6:24 if you put on headphones it sounds like a baby laughing and a person starting to talk over your voice. Kinda creepy

Love the video and loved how you told us the history too.

I wonder if the park service ever considered that they could rent those houses to campers, like Airbnb, and that could go a long ways in preserving them. They own tuns of old homes and even towns. They just set there deteriorating. That makes no since. They could rent them for retreat get aways or seasonal camps for kids. It wouldnt take much if the island already has power.

Nice Video. I loved it. Keep up the good work 😀👍

At 5:54 the style of architecture of this house is known as a saltbox house. It was common in the northeastern US during the time frame in which it was built. A saltbox house has two stories in the front and a single story in back.

Mr Tubbs house looks so amazing and simple. I love how its locked too so no one would break in and vandalize it

Hi Dylan, I just ran across your videos. Thank you taking the time to share them. I am in MD. If you ever happen to be down this way, send a mail. Maybe I could come and take some pics. Good luck on your ventures and BTW the next time you are hiking up in ME, dont forget your chaps.

Truly enjoyable video, Dylan. The spinning wheel was used to spin sheep's wool into yarn so it could then be knitted into sweaters and blankets.

I've lived in Richmond my entire life and as soon as I saw the caption I knew it was going to be Swan Island. There's people there literally all the time but these articles online seem to like to advertise it as this creepy abandoned ghost town 🙄

Living in Colorado now, but lived in Richmond for around 20 years. Great little town and Swan Island is a treasure!

Those must be the best mowed lawns of any abandoned town in the country

That FIRE box I don't think is for firewood. I wonder if it's where they kept the buckets for the bucket line during a fire. Kind of like we now have specific locations for fire extinguishers. It would make sense that they would be just as prepared with their own (much older) method, prior to the 40s evacuation of people, obviously.

@sofuggit

7 жыл бұрын

I googled a little and found this. www.etsy.com/uk/listing/458808038/fire-buckets-railway-sign-old-antique?ref=market In an ideal situation, the box would be located next to or within close proximity to a well. But they were often just filled and stored at all times. Very cool find. Never thought about the history of bucket brigades til I saw this video.

@kimpooler2867

4 жыл бұрын

@@sofuggit what

i've been in those houses. we went on a feild trip for school back in the 90's

These videos are awesome!

that was a magnificent location Thanz for sharing I really like your channel definitely subscribing to it..

that tower would be great for a hunting stand. I think it'd be great to purchase that island and farm the open pastures, of course leaving one for wildlife and or cattle.

I love history. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.

I like the historical tidbits you share!

This is definitely a pretty exciting and also interesting video🌍👍

corps is pronounced 'core' 😀 I believe the tower is a fire-watch tower. Cool video. Thanks for sharing, sir!

hey I found your channel a few days ago and watched all your videos and followed your instagram. You are a great visual content creator and inspired me to get back into photography. Love your work! Keep it up :D

The marble bust of the old woman was really spooky looking!

So good to see it's not been vandalized!I plan to go to Maine once the Corona passes,I hope soon.I am in the UK.😃

Most of those houses are pretty clean, new padlocks, fairly new paint, bunch of antiques inside... Looks more like a guided tour of preserved and maintained houses than a truly abandoned town. That's kinda like going into an amusement park on a day when it's closed and saying it's abandoned because nobody's there.

@alisonlee3314

7 жыл бұрын

Jeff Slttn. I thought exactly the same. Let's go on the Abandoned Island Ride. A shame.....it seems so fake :(

@zachbowman296

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Abandoned and unoccupied are two very different things. Not only does someone own all of that property, but they still mow the lawns and keep the paint fresh as well.

@ernstgottschalk8023

6 жыл бұрын

He literally states on the video "I wouldn't consider it abandoned.. " and the goes on to explain that its being preserved. Watch the whole video.

great vid man

ha! I live like 5 miles up the road from there. Welcome to Richmond!

I live in Maine and I know people who live in that town right now it's not completely abandoned

Too bad you can't own any of the property, it would make a great place to build an off the grid homestead.

Need to do one one on the uncovered ship from 1700s at York

I hope they can eventually be able to fully clean up the island from the pollution. I know there is also a Swans Island as well not far from Bar Harbor.

I like your channel. Its cool ! I will subscribe. Tks foy r vids

For having been abandoned in the 40's, it is remarkably well kept.

@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations

4 жыл бұрын

They must have ghosts mowing the lawn and replacing windows.

@TieSyndicate

Жыл бұрын

they town technically uses it as a camping location/tourist spot ... i mean its unclaimed territory if im not mistaken or uncontested?

Goto pleasure beach in CT. Abandoned town on an island

2:54 the wheel is a spinning wheel meant for turning wool into yarn

Pretty sure this will be my new place of residence when the civil unrest starts in the u.s.

Welcome to Maine!

Pretty sure it's nothing but at 7:38 you don't see anything in the top window nothing broken Ect then at 7:41 when he gets closer you see a white thing in the window looks like a face js

@MB-ot4ui

7 жыл бұрын

Wished I could add my screen shots to prove what I'm looking at

hey alex 29 from connecticut lived in maine on and off all of my life so far in southwest harbor maine and parkman maine never even heard of this place till now

take me with you on this stuff dude

Hey cool. Now people know where to go steal antiques from someone who has their old house locked up.

The great depression was not in the 1940"s.

this stuff is so cool

Fantastic Many Greetings from Sweden

That's a creepy story wow

I'm from hazlehurst Mississippi but been living mineral Wells TX for over 2 years.

love ur man bun love it great videos

I went there on a field trip in like 6th or 7th grade, pretty cool place

Houses looks cleaner than my bedroom.

@dopefeeling

5 жыл бұрын

Kimsea Chea because there’s not much in the houses

@esterherschkovich6499

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂

hey im in maine. i use to live near hanesville rd.there is a tomb stone every mile.

@katemcallian5098

6 жыл бұрын

deannab81 what else would you expect from Maine lol

that other thing in the first house to pick up logs. a 2 person device :D

Has a question/comment, regardless of the fact that the comments are 3+YEARS OLD: The people lived there throughout the entire span of the Great Depression, the after it was over, that's when everyone left the island?

This video is better than some stuff NatGeo gets out.

Thing in the corner is a grandfather clock. My grandparents had the same one.

cool video man

Life jacket homey Metal detector? Maine coservation Corpse? Lol

2st house looks well maintained

thanks

Interesting....🤔 I like this information.

Old Town canoes are good.

the old Robinsons house would be badass. its big. why no one made it worrh while surprises me

anyone else hear that, its kinda hard with him talking but, it sounds like a kid laughing and chatter.

@ryanjhenry2493

7 жыл бұрын

It looked haunted to me.

@oldzensoul

7 жыл бұрын

Terri Seaton I'm not a city person and it did sound liek people were talking nearby maybe but I also heard a dog and birds

@TheAnonyomusGuy

7 жыл бұрын

at the window he's looking into with the camera

@oldzensoul

7 жыл бұрын

TheAnonymousGuy yes

@Presca1

7 жыл бұрын

He does say folks camp there on the island, maybe that sound was drifting up from nearby

6:22 WTF ? Is that a child crying?

@BestArtist

6 жыл бұрын

Probably a loon. Very common in maine rivers and lakes and very creepy sounding.

@wasp5997

6 жыл бұрын

Wtf holly shit!!

beautiful

BEAUTIFUL PLACE - ONE GREAT ARTIST MAKE FANTASTIC THINGS WOTH THIS PLACE - WYETH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is the town for sale

This place looks cleaner then my house which is occupied! LOL

AN island.

Abandoned? It's really well kept though. I wonder who maintain the ground shortgrass ?

good vid ...from PA

I wonder if someone wanted to if you could rent or buy one of the houses?

Aye Dylan I need more vlogs to watch man

@FloatingOrbProductions

8 жыл бұрын

There is a playlist on my channel full of all the old videos

@austinprendergast

8 жыл бұрын

i watched them all brotha

Born and raised in Richmond, Maine!!!!

looks like where M Night Shyamalan filmed "the village"

Lawns are cut bro? Who's doing that?

@FloatingOrbProductions

7 жыл бұрын

+annakinfree proteus state park rangers. They take care of the island

@thereal_kpatz

7 жыл бұрын

Fair enough

Ahhh you were in Maine!

I grew up right here in Richmond, Maine. Fun little story, there's a ferry that goes to and from the island I believe daily, and one time my class was supposed to go to Swan Island... but the ferry sunk. so yeah, I've lived so close to swan island for so long, but I've never been there before! That's my little story.

Man-bun - Uber-gay.

@FloatingOrbProductions

7 жыл бұрын

+Brandon Garretson thanks man;) you too

the houses look almost too new.

@slimjim72

6 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I was thinking. No way all those houses have been abandoned since the 1940s.

Hi ...from Harrington,Maine

hey love your hair bun. Frm Malaysia.

@zakaria20062

7 жыл бұрын

Vanilla the tax every time increase in Malaysia , I am thinking now to buy house in kampung and I pay a shit

Ones man junk is another mans treasure.

Kind of cuts off abruptly at the fire tower.

On AN island - not, on A Island.

Where is this again?

Ahhh, the Great Depression was in the 1930's.

Abandoned town on AN island.

it's creepy in a beautiful way :)

That's why there are new locks lol

Nice I'll live there

wonder if I could go the with my Metal detector I bet I could find some awesome treasure there

inst that the island stephen king wrote about?